WVUFootball29 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Jim Leavitt became the third coach fired this year after a player reports mistreatment. Quick bio on Jim: Played for Missouri from 1974-1978 Became defensive coordinator for University of Dubuque in 1980 Joined Morningside College in 1982 as a special teams coordinator and DC Joined Kansas State in 1990 as a LB coach and promoted to DC/LB coach in 1992 turning a fledgling defense into one of the top rated D's in NCAA In 1995 he left K State to start the program at USF where he recruited for a year 1997 USF enters NCAA 1AA ranks and goes 27-17 from 1997 to 2000 The Bulls move up to 1A (FBS) as an Independent and go 17-5 USF joins Conference USA and accumulate a record of 11-11 before joining the Big East in 2005 From 2005-2009, USF goes 40-24 with 5 bowl appearances and 3 wins To me those are pretty impressive credentials, especially for building a winning program in Florida when you have to recruit against schools like Miami, Florida, Florida State with long standing traditions and winning records. As a WVU fan I can tell you that his defenses are very very tough to beat with USF upsetting WVU on a few occasions, especially shattering our National Title chances in 2007 after shutting down Pat White and Steve Slaton. I feel the guy should get a look from NFL coaches looking to fill a DC position or at the very least a LB coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUFootball29 Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 maybe I should have posted another cowher thread to get a conversation going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever Since '86 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 even with those nice credentials...all these fickle fans see is that he was fired, so their initial reaction is why would we hire someone who was just fired even if they have no clue what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfw1234 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 where does one locate WVU chix like you found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUFootball29 Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 high street, morgantown, WV Thursday through saturday nights To clear the air early, I'm not pushing Leavitt for HC or anything, but the guy should at least get some NFL consideration in a coaching position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfw1234 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 high street, morgantown, WV Thursday through saturday nights To clear the air early, I'm not pushing Leavitt for HC or anything, but the guy should at least get some NFL consideration in a coaching position. take me home country roads to some of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Jim Leavitt became the third coach fired this year after a player reports mistreatment. Quick bio on Jim: Played for Missouri from 1974-1978 Became defensive coordinator for University of Dubuque in 1980 Joined Morningside College in 1982 as a special teams coordinator and DC Joined Kansas State in 1990 as a LB coach and promoted to DC/LB coach in 1992 turning a fledgling defense into one of the top rated D's in NCAA In 1995 he left K State to start the program at USF where he recruited for a year 1997 USF enters NCAA 1AA ranks and goes 27-17 from 1997 to 2000 The Bulls move up to 1A (FBS) as an Independent and go 17-5 USF joins Conference USA and accumulate a record of 11-11 before joining the Big East in 2005 From 2005-2009, USF goes 40-24 with 5 bowl appearances and 3 wins To me those are pretty impressive credentials, especially for building a winning program in Florida when you have to recruit against schools like Miami, Florida, Florida State with long standing traditions and winning records. As a WVU fan I can tell you that his defenses are very very tough to beat with USF upsetting WVU on a few occasions, especially shattering our National Title chances in 2007 after shutting down Pat White and Steve Slaton. I feel the guy should get a look from NFL coaches looking to fill a DC position or at the very least a LB coach. What did he do make the guy stay up later than 10pm to study the playbook? These players are becoming very fem recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUFootball29 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 What did he do make the guy stay up later than 10pm to study the playbook? These players are becoming very fem recently. Accused of slapping a player during halftime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Accused of slapping a player during halftime And the player started to cry, I assume. Although the coach should know better any corporal punishment is illegal and civilly actionable also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrid Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 maybe he could straighten out Lynch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUFootball29 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Although the coach should know better any corporal punishment is illegal and civilly actionable also. Very true, but the victims own father has said that the hit never happened and that the coach grabbed his son's shoulder pads while talking to him to lift his spirits. The player in question is sophomore RB Joel Miller who had probably been benched after getting an illegal block penalty and poor special teams play vs. Louisville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Very true, but the victims own father has said that the hit never happened and that the coach grabbed his son's shoulder pads while talking to him to lift his spirits. The player in question is sophomore RB Joel Miller who had probably been benched after getting an illegal block penalty and poor special teams play vs. Louisville. The dad sounds like the anti-Craig James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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